切ない

Japanese

Kanji in this term
切
せつ
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 切 (“urgent, pressing, close”) +‎ ない (“adjectivizing suffix”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) せつな​い [sètsúnáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [se̞t͡sɨᵝna̠i]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "切ない"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 切なく せつ​なく
せつな​く
[sètsúꜜnàkù]
[sètsúnáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 切ない せつな​い [sètsúnáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 切ない せつな​い [sètsúnáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 切なくない せつ​なくない
せつな​くない
[sètsúꜜnàkùnàì]
[sètsúnáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 切なかった せつ​なかった
せつな​かった
[sètsúꜜnàkàttà]
[sètsúnáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 切なくなかった せつ​なくなかった
せつな​くなかった
[sètsúꜜnàkùnàkàttà]
[sètsúnáꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 切ないです せつな​いです [sètsúnáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 切なくて せつ​なくて
せつな​くて
[sètsúꜜnàkùtè]
[sètsúnáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 切なければ せつ​なければ
せつな​ければ
[sètsúꜜnàkèrèbà]
[sètsúnáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

切(せつ)ない • (setsunai) -i (adverbial 切(せつ)なく (setsunaku))

  1. poignantly sad; filling one with great sadness
    切(せつ)ない歌(うた)を歌(うた)う
    setsunai uta o utau
    to sing a sad song
    切(せつ)ない気持(きも)ち
    setsunai kimochi
    unbearably sad feelings
  2. suffocating; oppressive
    スモッグが増(ふ)えているから、あちらの天気(てんき)は切(せつ)ないでしょな。
    Sumoggu ga fueteiru kara, achira no tenki wa setsunai desho na.
    The weather over there is harsh because of the high smog, yeah.

Inflection

See also

References

  1. 1960, Tetsuo Hirayama (平山輝男, editor), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”), (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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